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Archaeological Discovery: This was the true face of the Marbled King

The history and characteristics of the unique surviving portrait of the last byzantine emperor, Constantine Palaiologos, confirming his family's connection to the historic monastery of the Archangels in Aigialeia - A landmark discovery in Byzantine archaeology in the last 20 years

Constantine Palaiologos: What the archaeologist who discovered his portrait says

"I kept looking at him, looking at him, and I knew who I was looking at. I knew what had been discovered in that moment—it’s a staggering experience to make such a discovery," said archaeologist Anastasia Koumousi

Ministry of Culture: Portrait of the last Byzantine Emperor, Constantine Palaiologos, discovered

Found during restoration work at the Catholicon of the Old Monastery of Taxiarches in Aigialeia, near Aigio